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Three Sonnets by William Wordsworth
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Three Sonnets by William Wordsworth

Our Poetry Aloud at Word and Song this week focuses on that giant of English verse, William Wordsworth, and three of his sonnets, all of them written between 1802 and 1804, when the poet was still a young man, patriotic, trying to urge his fellow Englishmen to see the beauty of their land, to think about things other than buying and spending, and to hea…

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Poetry Aloud
Poetry Aloud will help you learn how to read poetry with your ears. Unlike children with bad table manners, poetry is meant to be heard and not just seen. Join Anthony Esolen every other week (or so) as he introduces and discusses a longish poem and then reads it aloud.